Snippet #947680

The lake had been quiet for almost an hour now and the Amegakure team was getting restless. Well, mostly just Sho. He sat cross-legged on the leafy earth staring into the dead silent forest, absently digging his nails into the cool dirt. Taro and Mifune were playing some sort of game with tiny blocks of ice that had drifted ashore. Sho caught wind of Mifune's sudden halt in movement, and looked over his shoulder at the young genin. Mifune was standing now and staring directly into the forest with a look wrought of pure focus. Sho smirked and leapt back to stand by his teammates in front of the lake, Taro similarly arising to face the forest. "What's the deal Mi-kun?"

The short boy glared at the treeline and began a complex series of handsigns which the other two recognized as the beginnings of a Water Release jutsu. "Big chakra generation. Very big. Very close." after a moment of thinking he added, "Not something a genin should be able to pull off, not alone at least." he continued through the chakra-focusing gestures and the other shinobi nodded in understanding. "Clones or summonings, they permeate the air with chakra. At least thirty medium sized enemies, maybe twice that if they're smaller."

"Clean sweep then." Sho said with a grin, and both he and Taro stepped forward. The two locked hands, Taro's right to Sho's left, while their free hands went through specific handsigns. Their linked hands mirrored eachother in intertwined handsigns, both boys focusing on their coordinated jutsu. By using two shinobi for the same technique, it made taking the strain of higher level jutsu much more bearable, sometimes easy in fact. They were nearly done when the first of the scorpions broke the treeline. Although shocked and somewhat confused, the team retained their focus. Not noticing that the giant arachnids were slowing down, Sho and Taro were the first to complete their jutsu.

"Combined Technique, Water Release!" they shouted as one, "Grasping Tides!" in an instant water from the lake rushed past both sides of the Amegakure-nin, crashing into the army of summoned beasts. With power and speed only to be expected of a technique beyond genin levels, the water receded back into the lake, dragging the entirety of Mitsuru's bugs into the icy waters. At nearly the same instant, Mifune completes the final handsign for his own jutsu. The genin spun on the ball of his foot to face the lake.

"Water Release! Swallowing Depths Technique!" the crystal waters now filled with floating scorpions dipped down, and suddenly begun to rotate. The waters soon became a relelntless whirlpool, tearing and ripping at their puny bodies. Within seconds the fearsome waves came to a halt, with roughly a hundred scorpions floating around in pieces. All three of the team smiled, with Sho turning to glare into the forest.

"That all you got?"